Extreme heat watch issued across Massachusetts ahead of dangerous stretch of summer weather

This is a Boston 25 weather alert. Hi everyone, I'm Boston 25 meteorologist David Bagley. Well we're tracking some dangerous heat as we head into the middle to late portions of the week. Tomorrow is going to be hot but we'll slowly build that heat into the picture as we get into Wednesday, Thursday and especially Friday, even into the weekend towards the 4th of July. We're expecting some hot temperatures as well and we do have a couple of chances to see some showers and thunderstorms along the way. So let's talk about the extreme heat. There is extreme heat. Watch. We could see heat index values close to 110, especially Thursday and Friday. That's a combination of the hot temperatures as well as the humidity. So you definitely want to take it easy. You want to check on the elderly, make sure the air conditioners are working, drink plenty of fluids and limit your time outside. And you definitely want to watch for kids and pets. You don't want to leave them in the cars as well. So a lot of things to watch as we go through the next couple of days temperatures overnight tonight. Not too bad in the lower sixties will stay mostly dry. You'll notice that the humidity will be kicking up as well. Even tomorrow we start to reach 90 degrees across many inland locations. There may be a light enough breeze along the coastline to cool things down down towards the Cape. That's where you're going to see the relief. We'll have a blend of sunshine and clouds, maybe an isolated shower, a thunderstorm popping up in the afternoon through the late evening hours. As we go through the future cast, you can see the future cast may be overdoing it, but you get the gist of it. We have that chance for a couple of showers and thunderstorms as some energy moves through tomorrow evening into the overnight hours, and then we'll clear things out by seven a.m. On Wednesday and then another chance for another round of showers and thunderstorms as we go into Wednesday afternoon. But it's gonna be a hot one. We're expecting that humidity to rise into the sixties. The dew points that is high humidity Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, even into Independence Day, looking really, really hot. The heat index values will be anywhere between 100 to 110. This is extremely dangerous, folks. Again, you've got to take it easy out there, especially once we get into Thursday and Friday. We're expecting high temperatures close to 100 as we head Wednesday. Look at Thursday over 100, even 100 degrees on Friday. These are extreme heat, hot temperatures. We definitely want to take it easy. Stick with us. We have weather alerts right through the duration. Even Independence Day, we have the chance to see temperatures in the mid nineties. Heat index values close to 100 and the chance for some showers and thunderstorms.